Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something
9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
September 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something
9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
Science isn’t the output. Science is the method that is formalized as the output. But ya know.
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Science isn’t the output. Science is the method that is formalized as the output. But ya know.
Practical/Quality Reasons
- AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate or to work.
- Verifying AI output requires human review time.
- Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually.
5/12
- AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate or to work.
- Verifying AI output requires human review time.
- Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually.
5/12
July 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Practical/Quality Reasons
- AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate or to work.
- Verifying AI output requires human review time.
- Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually.
5/12
- AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate or to work.
- Verifying AI output requires human review time.
- Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually.
5/12
There -literally- would not be em-dashes in AI output if they weren't extremely common in the human output vacuumed up by large leeching machines.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There -literally- would not be em-dashes in AI output if they weren't extremely common in the human output vacuumed up by large leeching machines.
My artistic output lately
May 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My artistic output lately
2 years ago year to date, fossil gas output on California's main grid was 93% higher than solar output
In 2025, solar output is 32% higher than gas output
Gas output has dropped 41.4% and solar output has risen 50% in 2 years
Battery output has also risen 215%
In 2025, solar output is 32% higher than gas output
Gas output has dropped 41.4% and solar output has risen 50% in 2 years
Battery output has also risen 215%
June 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2 years ago year to date, fossil gas output on California's main grid was 93% higher than solar output
In 2025, solar output is 32% higher than gas output
Gas output has dropped 41.4% and solar output has risen 50% in 2 years
Battery output has also risen 215%
In 2025, solar output is 32% higher than gas output
Gas output has dropped 41.4% and solar output has risen 50% in 2 years
Battery output has also risen 215%
Are you using Claude’s output to argue that Claude’s output can’t be trusted?
March 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Are you using Claude’s output to argue that Claude’s output can’t be trusted?
oh i had this realization once
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
oh i had this realization once
exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language!
Arguing that LLMs are anything more than a load of numbers going into a complicated mathematical function and spitting some more numbers out. Yes they simulate. But they simulate *language*. They do not simulate the cognitive processes underlying communication.
August 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language!
Papers are not the output of scientific research in the same way that cars are the output of automobile manufacturing.
Papers are merely a vehicle through which a portion of the output of research is shared.
We confuse the two at our peril.
Papers are merely a vehicle through which a portion of the output of research is shared.
We confuse the two at our peril.
August 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Papers are not the output of scientific research in the same way that cars are the output of automobile manufacturing.
Papers are merely a vehicle through which a portion of the output of research is shared.
We confuse the two at our peril.
Papers are merely a vehicle through which a portion of the output of research is shared.
We confuse the two at our peril.
Taylor Lorenz is on like her third controversy in a week. Whatever you think of her this is incredible output.
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Taylor Lorenz is on like her third controversy in a week. Whatever you think of her this is incredible output.
Yet national parks generate $55.6 billion in economic output, benefiting the U.S. economy far more than they cost.
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yet national parks generate $55.6 billion in economic output, benefiting the U.S. economy far more than they cost.
Fascinating: Did you know that the Sun's energy output per cubic meter is only about the same as that of a compost heap? ☀️🍂
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
June 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fascinating: Did you know that the Sun's energy output per cubic meter is only about the same as that of a compost heap? ☀️🍂
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
Generative AI is amazing at tasks where I am not qualified to judge the output.
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Generative AI is amazing at tasks where I am not qualified to judge the output.
Our Business/Legal Reasons:
- It is unclear who legally owns the copyright of AI output.
- It is unclear who is legally culpable for harm caused by AI output. (And at least w/Germany, it appears it may be the entity publishing the output.)
3/12
- It is unclear who legally owns the copyright of AI output.
- It is unclear who is legally culpable for harm caused by AI output. (And at least w/Germany, it appears it may be the entity publishing the output.)
3/12
July 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Our Business/Legal Reasons:
- It is unclear who legally owns the copyright of AI output.
- It is unclear who is legally culpable for harm caused by AI output. (And at least w/Germany, it appears it may be the entity publishing the output.)
3/12
- It is unclear who legally owns the copyright of AI output.
- It is unclear who is legally culpable for harm caused by AI output. (And at least w/Germany, it appears it may be the entity publishing the output.)
3/12
10.25 AM. UK National Grid is currently whacking out 65.8% output by wind alone, solar another 23.3%. We are generating 114% of our demand & exporting 10% (4.7GW) to Europe & also replenish our pumped storage supply - using 4%. Fossil fuel is only generating 7.9% of output.
#renewables #windpower
#renewables #windpower
March 28, 2026 at 10:27 AM
10.25 AM. UK National Grid is currently whacking out 65.8% output by wind alone, solar another 23.3%. We are generating 114% of our demand & exporting 10% (4.7GW) to Europe & also replenish our pumped storage supply - using 4%. Fossil fuel is only generating 7.9% of output.
#renewables #windpower
#renewables #windpower
December 26, 2024 at 3:22 AM
I responded: “Did you just call me a DEI hire?!??”
And the ChatGPT erased my question, and its output.
I asked it why it deleted its output, and why it deleted my question.
And the ChatGPT erased my question, and its output.
I asked it why it deleted its output, and why it deleted my question.
April 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I responded: “Did you just call me a DEI hire?!??”
And the ChatGPT erased my question, and its output.
I asked it why it deleted its output, and why it deleted my question.
And the ChatGPT erased my question, and its output.
I asked it why it deleted its output, and why it deleted my question.
In 2019, national parks generated $41.7 billion in economic output and supported 340,500 jobs nationwide.
June 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In 2019, national parks generated $41.7 billion in economic output and supported 340,500 jobs nationwide.
Laughing very hard at this based on my own personal output lol
this is genuinely baffling to me. $80k a year to help a professional writer produce one 800-word column a week?
Clicked through out of curiosity and it’s for… Bret Stephens 😭
August 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Laughing very hard at this based on my own personal output lol
I gave this Game Gear an overdue upgrade. USB-C rechargeable batteries, clean audio board with stereo support, new shell, IPS screen, and HDMI output.
December 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I gave this Game Gear an overdue upgrade. USB-C rechargeable batteries, clean audio board with stereo support, new shell, IPS screen, and HDMI output.
Check out the growth in German solar output over the last couple of years.
*GERMAN SOLAR OUTPUT RISES TO RECORD 57,317 MW ON FRIDAY: EEX
*GERMAN SOLAR OUTPUT RISES TO RECORD 57,317 MW ON FRIDAY: EEX
Pretty good
*GERMAN SOLAR POWER OUTPUT REACHES NEW RECORD OF 48,681MW: EEX
*GERMAN SOLAR POWER OUTPUT REACHES NEW RECORD OF 48,681MW: EEX
July 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Check out the growth in German solar output over the last couple of years.
*GERMAN SOLAR OUTPUT RISES TO RECORD 57,317 MW ON FRIDAY: EEX
*GERMAN SOLAR OUTPUT RISES TO RECORD 57,317 MW ON FRIDAY: EEX